Dictionary of Real People and Places in Fiction

Provides an insight into the influences upon over 300 authors by revealing the real identity of "fictional" people and places in English-language novels published in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The "Dictionary of Real People and Places in Fiction" is an illuminating source for all students and teachers of literature, and for all those keen to uncover the facts behind the fiction they read. In a single, scholarly volume, it provides an intriguing insight into the influences upon over 300 authors by revealing the real identity of "fictional" people and places in English-language novels published in the 19th and 20th centuries. Carefully and extensively researched by Rintoul, it contains several thousand identifications rooted in sound scholarship and far removed from gossipy speculation. All the identifications are based on published statements in sources as varied as diaries, collected letters, journals, biographies and autobiographies, and newspapers. This compilation of previously uncollected material makes the "Dictionary of Real People and Places" a thorough resource. The structure of the "dictionary" is composed of three sections, each one alphabetically arranged and each one in effect acting as an index to the other two. This book should be of interest and be read and referred to by students and teachers of English literature at all levels (especially 19th and 20th c